Brighton and Hove Unitary Authority (UA) : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 10,401 Show data context
1811 10,401 Show data context 15,451 Show data context
1821 15,451 Show data context 28,447 Show data context
1831 28,447 Show data context 45,457 Show data context
1841 45,457 Show data context 52,474 Show data context
1851 52,474 Show data context 72,085 Show data context
1861 72,085 Show data context 86,120 Show data context
1871 86,120 Show data context
1881 135,461 Show data context
1891 135,461 Show data context 151,926 Show data context
1901 151,926 Show data context
1911 185,002 Show data context
1921 185,002 Show data context 203,322 Show data context
1931 203,322 Show data context 210,580 Show data context
1941 210,580 Show data context
1951 238,763 Show data context
1961 238,763 Show data context 249,118 Show data context
1971 249,118 Show data context 236,457 Show data context
1981 236,457 Show data context 226,566 Show data context
1991 226,566 Show data context 227,745 Show data context
2001 227,745 Show data context 247,817 Show data context
2011 273,369 Show data context
2021 277,184 Show data context
Date Source
1801 - 1851 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1811 - 2001 Census of Population
1861 1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Superintendent Registrars' Districts'
1881 1881 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration Districts'
1891 1891 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration Districts'
1911 1911 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 8 , 'Administrative Counties, Urban Districts and Rural Districts - Persons, Males and Females at each year of age under 21 and in quinquennial age-groups in each Administrative County (inclusive and exclusive of associated County Boroughs) and in the aggregates of Urban Districts, of County Boroughs and of Rural districts. Also Males and Females at these ages in each County Borough, Municipal Borough, other Urban District and Rural District, 1911'
1921 1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 14 , 'Ages (quinquennial groups) and Marital Conditions in combination'
1931 1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 15 , 'Ages and Marital Conditions - Abridged Analysis'
1951 1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 22 , 'Ages (quinary) by Marital Condition - Abridged Analysis', for 'Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD'
1961 1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 6 , 'Age and Marital Condition', for 'LAA, Con, NT'
1971 UK Data Service, Census 1971 data (Tables SAS06 and SAS07)
1981 UK Data Service, Census 1981 data (Table SAS02: "Age and Marital Status: All Residents)
1991 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table S02 Age and marital status: Residents [100%])
2001 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table CS001 - Age by sex and resident type)
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table LC1117EW - "Sex by age")
2021 Office for National Statistics, ONS "Create a Custom Dataset" ("Age" (23 way) by "Sex")

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Class of House. The early Irish censuses included this simple quality grading of inhabited houses, Class I being the best and class IV being one-room mud huts.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Brighton and Hove Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Total Population, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

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Date accessed: 01st June 2026